Thursday, 27 October 2016

One hundred years ago today the small Devon town where I came from
suffered a tragedy when the lifeboat (rowed with oars) overturned with the loss of life of
most of the crew. Only two men survived. It was a tragedy in a small community.

There will be a
special service to mark this 100 year anniversary.

One of my aunties
witnessed the tragedy when she was a young girl. Most of the crew were not young men as most of these were fighting in WW1.

To this day the RNLI crews go out in any weather to save lives. They are brave men and women.

Sunday, 16 October 2016

One hundred years ago this month the small Devon town where I came from
suffered a tragedy when the lifeboat overturned with the loss of life of
most of the crew. It was a tragedy in a small community. There will be a
special service to mark the 100 year anniversary. One of my aunties
witnessed the tragedy when she was a young girl. Most of the crew were not young men as most of these were fighting in WW1. Only 2 people survived.

To this day the RNLI crews go out in any weather to save lives. They are brave men.

Saturday, 10 October 2015

100 years ago next October, there was a disaster when 13 of the crew of the Salcombe lifeboat were lost at sea. One of my aunties (Aunty Kitty) remembered this when she was a child. The RLNI has a book out about the disaster. In those days these brave men rowed out in very rough seas